Varsity teachers can play role for nation’s uplift

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Campus report :
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Friday at Jahangirnagar University said, varsity teachers can play key role for country’s development.
The minister made the remark while speaking as the chief guest at a function held on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Chemistry Department of Jahangirnagar University and reunion of the alumni association of the department.
The Minister said that, the university teachers could contribute to the welfare of the country and people through their new knowledge’.
He said ‘Bangladesh is moving towards the status of a middle income country by 2021?. The foreign currency reserve in Bangladesh is higher than many other Asian counties and the exportation rate of Bangladeshi products is also high, he added.
Tofail also said that, ‘the infrastructural development of urban and rural areas has progressed greatly…and the country will be able to stand in the line of the developed countries by 2050?.
On the occasion the department honored five teachers and two former students for their successes in the field of chemistry.
The teachers are Prof Dr Kalipad Kondu, Prof Dr Kazi Ali Azam, Prof Dr Abul Hashem, Prof Dr Abdul Hai, Prof Dr Rabiul Islam, former students Nur Uddin and Dr Muhammad Ali.
Presided over by the Chairman of the Chemistry department Prof Dr Ilias Mullah, Member of the Parliament (Dhaka-19) Dr Enamur Rahman, Member of Bangladesh Public Service Commission and former Vice-Chancellor of the university Prof Dr Shariff Enamul Kabir, Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Farzana Islam, Pro-VC Prof Dr Abul Hossain and Secretary of Alumni Association of Chemistry department SM Wahiduzzaman spoke on the occasion.
Earlier, a colorful rally was brought out from the department premises and it was terminated at the same place after parading through the main streets on the campus. Later, a cultural function was held at the same place.
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